Boxing for vehicle-axles.



No. 656,554. Patentenug. 2|, |900.

G. H. LEATHERS. BOXING FR VEHICLE AXLES.

(Application filed May 25, 1900.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

GEORGE H. LEATHERS, MOUNT VERNON, MISSOURI.

BOXING FOR VEHICLE-AXLES.

SPECIFICATION forming' part of Letters Patent No. 656,554, dated August21, 1900.

Application filed May 25, 1900.

To @ZZ whom, it 11mg concern,.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE H. LEATHEES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Vernon, in the county oi' Lawrence and State ofMissouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Boxings forVehicle- Axles,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to boxings for vehicleaxles; and the objects of thesame are to provide a device of this kind which will exclude dirt andgrit from the axle-bearing and prevent the lubricant used on the spindlefrom working out and soiling the hands and cloth-V ing wherever 'theaxle is to be oiled or lubricated. I attain these objects by means ofthe construction shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a side view of one end of a vehicle-axle, showing an axle-box andsandband made in accordance with my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2isa longitudinal sec- Fig. 3 is a detail perspective of the spindle.Fig. 4 is a similar view of the sand-band. Fig. 5 is a detail Viewshowing the axle-clip and the parts which hold the sand-band upon theaxle. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the axle-skein and its boxings.

Like numerals designate like parts in th different views. Y

In said drawings, 1 is an axle-spindle, which may be of ordinaryconstruction and may be provided with a sleeve 2, having a collarFittingsnugly against the shoulder 4 of the spindle is a sand-band 5,interiorly screwthreaded at 6 and provided with a series of indentations7 on its surface. The axle-skein 8 is provided with a boxing 9,exteriorly threaded at 10 to fit within the sand-band 5, and at itsouter end this skein is threaded to receive the milled cap-nut 11. Aclip 12 straddles the axle 13, and the ends of the clip are passedthrough a block 1 4 -and adjusted by the nuts 15. The block 14 has acentral recess 167 anda key 17 is seated in the recess.

Serial No. 17,995. (No model.)

The key has a boss 18 on its upper surface, two lugs 19 at its ends, anda point or pin 2O projecting outward from one of its ends.` A bowedspring 2l rests upon the boss 1S of the key, and the ends of the springrest against shoulders 22, formed on the under surface of the axle 13.The point of pin 20 is designed to lit any one of the indentations 7 tohold the said band 5 from revolving with the wheel when it is desired toremove the wheel. When it is desired to remove the Wheel and boxing 9for oiling, the point 20 is engaged with one of the indentations 7 inthe sand-band, thus preventing said sand-band from revolving on thespindle while the wheel is being turned to unscrew the boxing 9 fromsaid sand-band.

It will be obvious from the foregoing that my invention is simple andefficient, will exclude grit and sand from the bearings, and at the sametime will permit ready removal of the wheel for oiling.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is- 1. 'Anaxle-box comprising a skein having a threaded boxing at its inner end, asandband surrounding the axle and connected to the boxing on the skein,a clip straddling the axle, the ends of the clip passing through ablock, and a key seated on the block and having a point for engaging thesand-band, substantially as described.

2. An axle-box comprising a skein having'

